Rewriting Wellbeing: The Teachers' Health Podcast

Hey Team,

Welcome back to the podcast and welcome to the Summer term!

We've taken a short break recently to rest, recharge and record some new, exciting episodes all focused on giving you bitesize, practical and achievable steps to improving your health & wellbeing as a teacher.

I'm so excited to share the episodes we've got for your this term!

If you're enjoying the podcast, please give us a review and share the episode on social media.

And, as always, thank you for being here and being a part of this community - together we are rewriting wellbeing.

Charlie

Hey Team,

Today I've got a really exciting Teacher Talks episode for you.

Today I am joined by Annabel Jeffcoate, The Teacher Work-Life Balance Coach.

Annabel helps primary teachers to reduce anxiety & switch off through work-life balance coaching. She supports them in setting & sticking to boundaries, stopping overthinking, reducing overwhelm and, ultimately, avoiding burnout.

This was a really interesting conversation with Annabel and I came away from it with a new perspective on many areas of life-work balance, such as setting guidelines rather than boundaries and workload management.

I think you’re going to find this one really useful!

As always, if you'd like to support the podcast, please give this episode a share and feel free to leave us a review!

Take care,

Charlie

Hey Team,

I hope you are really well today!

I recently shared this analogy on social media and had a lot of messages, so I thought I'd dive a little bit deeper!

In today's episode I explain why diets are like awful opticians and share my own personal story with dieting and how it landed me in a terrible place with my mental and physical wellbeing - there's a lot of brutal honesty here!

If you'd like to support show, please give this a share and consider leaving us a review.

Have a great day, Team!

Charlie

Hello and welcome back to another Teacher Talks episode of the podcast!

Today I am joined by the brilliant Emma from X-Hail with Emma Snape.

Emma is an Ex-teacher, Meditation Mentor, Antenatal Coach and postnatal yoga teacher who also supports children, teachers and businesses through meditation and breathwork.

In this episode we discuss Emma’s journey to where she is now, the science of breathwork, meditation and some of the key benefits from including these as a healthy habit.

I really enjoyed this chat with Emma and came away really inspired to add some breathwork into my routine!

Hey Team!

Today we go into sleep: the myths, the challenges and the strategies to solve them!

I really hope this is a useful episode for you.

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Hi Team!

Today I’ve got a very exciting episode for you with a very special guest...

Today we welcome Adrian Bethune, founder of the amazing organisation Teachappy, who has been teaching happiness and wellbeing to primary children and teachers for over ten years.

Adrian is also the author of Wellbeing In The Primary Classroom, Lead curriculum designer for Oxford University Press' International Wellbeing Curriculum, Education Ambassador for the Smiley Movement, Deputy Chair of the strategic board for Well Schools, Advisor for Cambridge University's Mental Health in Schools Advisory Group - all whilst still being a part time primary teacher.

He is one of the leading experts on happiness and wellbeing in education and it was an absolute pleasure and personal goal of mine to be able to have this brilliant conversation with him.

I really think you’re going to love this conversation.

So grab a cup of something warm, sit back and enjoy.

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Charlie

Hey Team,

In this week's SNACK episode, I've got 7 small tips for you to help you build better boundaries around work!

Give it a listen and I'd love to hear your feedback.

Have a great weekend!

Hey Team!

I'm back today with an exciting Teacher Talks episode!

In today's show I chat to the amazing Hollie & Jenny from Alfresco Learning. Alfresco Learning is an outdoor learning company dedicated to bringing the National Curriculum together with outdoor learning to create an inclusive approach and provide memorable learning experiences for all children.

Their vision is to help teachers unlock their own potential in curriculum-based outdoor education and show everyone the wellbeing benefits of being outside!

In today’s episode, Hollie & Jenny share their inspirational stories of how being outdoors helped them to win back their wellbeing.

We also talk about what outdoor learning is and isn’t, the common misconceptions with taking learning outside, how to get more of the outside, inside and the benefits that nature has on the wellbeing on both us as adults and the children we teach.

You can check out more of what Hollie & Jenny do on their social media pages on here on their website!

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Hey Team,

Welcome back to the podcast! In today's snack episode, I talk about how to manage the four hormones & neurotransmitters responsible for mental health.

I introduce the D.O.S.E model, created by neuroscientist Tj Power and give you bitesize, practical tips to look after your mental health.

I hope this episode is useful! 

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Hi Team!

In today's Teacher Talks episode, I sit down with Spencer Megan, teacher mentor and founder of Next Level Teacher!

Spencer is here to help teachers empower themselves to put themselves first in a profession that puts them second.

Her mentorship programs & self-paced courses help her clients build boundaries, maintain their identity outside the classroom and reject the historical norms that encourage them to sacrifice their personal time and life in order to do their job.

This was such an interesting, inspiring conversation with Spencer and it’s full of not only discussion around the areas of teacher wellbeing, burnout and boundaries but it’s also full of practical, realistic advice to help you make a change, today.

I hope you enjoy it!

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